It's no secret that Destiny 2 is in between the current marathon season due to the Delay from The Final Shapebrutal last year round of layoffs at Bungie and game director Joe Blackburn surprising exit this month. Add to that a notoriously vocal community that has grown fed up with the game's seasonal model and monetization, as well as the current gloom at parent company Sony, and the good times certainly don't roll when you're a guardian. But hey… hoverboards!
In the context of today This week in fate On its blog, Bungie posted the news that players will soon get a new type of personal transportation: the Skimmer. It's the first time in the entire history of the series that we have an alternate mount type where players stand on these Skimmers like surfboards, rather than straddling them like the old and now uncool Sparrows.
You can earn your first skimmer, the Allstar Vector, in the Guardian Games: All-Stars event, which is free for all players and begins on March 5th. Here is the trailer.
As you'd expect, you can do several neat tricks on your skimmer, including rail grinding. (Fortunately without the vibrations of the DrCrispy93 fiasco from Destiny's original marketing.)
As you might expect, a second model will be available as a paid option in the Eververse MTX Store, which Bungie says will be “inspired by a popular Destiny weapon.” I rely on Telesto, although that would significantly increase the risk of an in-flight malfunction. To get the free Skimmer, all you need to do is complete the first quest offered by Granny Eva Levante as part of the Guardian Games.
As for inspiration, the most famous example of a hoverboard is Marty McFly's skateboard upgrade in Back to the Future Part II. But when I saw the skimmer in action, I was immediately reminded Marlon “Chopper” Shakespeare, the skysurfer who appeared alongside Judge Dredd in 2000 AD. Be Surfer's Song The storyline from late 1989 to early 1990 was particularly cool, in a doomed youth kind of way. (This also gives you a clear indication of how old I am.)
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I'm really excited to grab my first skimmer. Please note that canonically I will probably only allow my hunter to drive one since I only care about the RP. The fluttering cloak just fits the mood perfectly, and my Warlock and Titan wouldn't feel right for reasons of dignity and weight respectively.
Other rewards coming to Guardian Games at next week's reset include a snazzy new red and gold weapon souvenir, a new heavy grenade launcher with wave frame arc, and updated perk pools for the old gear. There is also a A number of sandbox changes comes as part of the 7.3.5 patch. It should all be a welcome wet spot in an otherwise particularly dry drought, but whether it'll be enough to lure back the pro-democracy forces from Helldivers 2 is another question.
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